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LGBTI Groups Welcome UN Report Supporting Gender Diversity

UN expert on sexual orientation and gender identity Victor Madrigal-Borloz (Photo: Facebook) A collection of LGBTI and transgender groups have welcomed a United Nations report on gender identity. The report said member states should not classify varied forms of gender as diseases. The UN Independent Expert on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, Victor Madrigal-Borloz, released his report ahead of the UN General Assembly in New York this week. The UN expert urged countries to respect gender as an important part of identity. The report also provides guidelines on how to prevent violence and discrimination based on gender identity. The expert […]

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Four Arrested for Homosexuality in Senegal as Part of Pre-election Crackdown

Police arrest men on suspicion of homosexuality | Photo: Facebook/Arc en ciel 25 September 2018 LGBTI groups in Senegal said an increase in arrests for alleged homosexuality is a government crackdown on the LGBTI community. The latest arrests of two men and two women in the capital, Dakar, prompted the comments. Police arrested the four after people in their neighbourhood circulated videos of them engaged in sexual acts. Anti-gay president, Macky Sall, is up for re-election in 2019. Sall has vowed to never legalize homosexuality in the western African country. ‘Acts against nature’ are illegal and punishable by up to […]

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Chechnya Starts Concentration Camps for Gay Men, First Time after Hitler

Homosexual men are being tortured with electric shocks and beaten to death in concentration camps in Chechnya. This is the first concentration camp for homosexuals since Hitler’s camps in 1930s. Reports have emerged that 100 gay men were detained and three killed in these camps last week. Novaya Gazeta, a Russian newspaper known for its critical and investigative coverage of Russian politics and social affairs, said that several camps have been set up in Chechnya where gay men have been forced to promise to leave the republic. The report in Novaya Gazeta said that those arrested include well-known local television personalities and religious […]

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Government Risks ‘Neglecting Needs of LGBT Youth’ in Sex Education

Campaigners have expressed concern with the findings of the first round of public consultation on what schools should be teaching in the Relationships Education and Relationship and Sex Education (RSE) curricula. The consultation, which runs until November 7, 2018, was called following government plans to introduce the mandatory subjects in schools across the country by September 2020. Then-Education Secretary Justine Greening promised the revised curricula would be inclusive of LGBT issues, although the draft guidance published under her successor Damian Hinds in July leaves schools “free to determine how they address LGBT specific content,” even if the ministry’s recommendation is that the teaching “is integral throughout […]

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Project Nunway: Nunlimited Happens October 12 at the River

FRI, OCT 12 AT 6:30 PM Project Nunway Nunlimited: To Infinity and Beyond Guerneville Veterans Hall · Guerneville, CA Tickets: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3617422 Greetings and Welcome to the First Annual Russian River Sisters Project Nunway! This event was first created by the San Francisco Sisters over ten years ago by Sister Babra Ganesha and has become a world wide phenomenon! It has spawned hundreds of events around the globe with the same premise: to create a new and unique Haute Couture designs out of recycled and/or recyclable materials called “Trashion” or “Garbage Couture”. And what better place to do it but the Russian […]

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Christian College Stops Student from Finishing Degree Because He’s Gay

Photo: Gary Campbell 12 September 2018 A Christian College has stopped a man from returning to finish his degree because he’s gay. Gary Campbell hoped to resume his classes at Clarks Summit University in order to receive the final six credits for a Bachelor’s degree. Afterwards, he planned to start a job working with recovering addicts. However, Gary says the school dismissed him because he’s gay. The college, in Pennsylvania, prohibits students from engaging in same-sex relationships and ‘reserves the right to dismiss or deny the enrollment of those whose behavior or influence upon our community should prove to be […]

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Gay Student Sues School for Ignoring Him While He Was Attacked by Bullies

A gay student is suing his school after teachers ignored him as he was being attacked by bullies. Guadalupe Paredes, 19, has said the school were ‘deliberately indifferent’ to his daily torment. One official even allegedly told his mother Parades brought it on himself by ‘acting gay and telling other students he was gay’. The 19-year-old has named the Kenosha Unified School District, and five administrators as defendants. In fifth grade, when he was around 10 years old, he was hospitalized for psychiatric treatment over the abuse he suffered at school. The lawsuit says the assistant principal at Edward Bain […]

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West Hollywood to Host First Ever Bi Pride

Dust off your pink, purple and blue blue flags because it is Pride season again. Bi Pride, that is! The City of West Hollywood, amBi LA and HRC LA is hosting the first city-wide Bi Pride celebration in the country on Saturday, Sept. 22 at the WeHo Park Auditorium. The event will begin with a rally in front of the auditorium and continue with a Bi Visibility Walk through the heart of West Hollywood before culminating with a party back at the Auditorium. Artists include Torrey Mercer performing her new single Boys/Girls. L.A. Department of Cultural Affairs Artist-in-Residence Kai Hazelwood […]

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Same-sex Couples Win Hong Kong Visa Rights in ‘Breakthrough’ Change

(TED ALJIBE/AFP/Getty) Hong Kong has made spousal visas available to same-sex couples for the first time in the wake of a court ruling—but the government has firmly ruled out permitting same-sex marriage. Hong Kong only recognises marriage as between a man and a woman, but the international business hub has come under pressure from employers and LGBT+ activists to respect the rights of same-sex couples. In July, Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal ruled that same-sex couples who have entered unions elsewhere must have their relationships recognised as part of the spousal visa application process, following a high-profile challenge from a lesbian […]

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RR Sisters HOst Anthem Closet Ball October 6 at R3

It’s that time of the year again! The Russian River Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence (with a tiny bit of help from Purple Stardust Productions) are throwing a big drag contest. Yes! Closet Ball is coming! TICKETS: https://anthem.brownpapertickets.com Join us on Friday, October 6th at the R3 Hotel for the 15th incarnation of this amazing show.  This show is, at its core, an amateur drag competition and fundraiser. While our contestants, Earl Gilbert, Renee Ledford Combes, Joe Young and Nay Hulsey are the heart and soul of our effort, we’ve got an amazing variety show to entertain y’all while they are […]

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